Automatic snow-melting machine.



' BATENTED SEPT. 8, 1903.

A. BASS. I AUTOMATIC SNOW. MELTING MACHINE.-

APPLIGATION FILED MAR. 29. 1 902,

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UNITED STATES Patented September 8, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

ABE BASS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 738,146, datedSeptember 8, 1903.

Application filed March 29,1902.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ABE BASS, a citizen of the United States, residingin the borough of Manhattan, in the city, county, and State of NewYork,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in AutomaticSnow-Melting Machines,of which the following is a specification.

My invention consists, essentially, of three parts, the firstof which isa rotating rake by means of which the body of snow is partly broken up.The second part is a series of steam-jets through the instrumentality ofwhich the snow is melted, and the third is a rotating broom or sweeperwhich serves to throw the melted snow or water to one side. I alsoemploy means for self-propelling the machine, so that I have produced anautomatic snow-melting machine, as aforesaid.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of thisspecification, Figure 1 is a plan View of my improved snow-melt ingmachine. Fig. 2 is a side elevation. Fig. 3 is a detail view.

In the drawings, 1 represents the frame of the vehicle, and 2 the rearwheels. The fore wheel, which operates as a steering-wheel, is shown atAt 4 I show a boiler having suitable fire-box. (Not shown.) At 5 I showa coal-tender with place to accommodate the operator. The rear wheels 2are the drivingwheels, and they are operated by means of beveled gear 67, the latter being mounted on rotating shaft 8, operated by anysuitable steam-engine 9. The wheels 2 have an axle 10, having a smallgear-wheel 11, which, through the intermediary gear-wheels 12 13 14,serve to rotate the rear revolving broom or sweeper 15.

There is nothing novel in the above-described parts, and I claim nothingtherein eX- cept in so far as they cooperate with the other parts of mymachine.

At 16 I show a rotating shaft having prongs Serial No. 100,524. (Nomodel.

on their central shaft serve to agitate the snow, thereby exposing itthe more effectually to the action of the steam-jets 24. Thesesteam-jets extend outwardly between the prongs or fingers 17 and serveto discharge the steam upon the snow as it is mechanically stored up bythe said pron-gs or fingers. The steam-jets are connected at their innerends to the transverse pipe 25. This pipe receives steam from the boilerat through the pipe 26, the flow of the steam being controlled. by valve27. I utilize the waste steam from the engines also by conducting samethrough pipes 28. These pipes connect with crosspipes 29. The transversepipe 25 has a partially-rotating connection withthe pipes 29, the objectbeing to admit the steam and also to permit the lifting of thesteam-jets 24 by means of operating-handle 30.

I provide a handle 31 for shutting off or turning the steam from and tothe propellingengine 9 and a pilot-handle 32 for steering the vehicle.

Having thus described my invention, the following is what I claim as newtherein and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

A vertically adjustable frame carrying means for discharging jets ofsteam, and r0- tating combers or rakes arranged intermediate of same,means for rotating said rakes and propelling the machine and a sweeper,all adapted to operate substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

ABE BASS.

Vitnesses:

HERBERT KNIGHT, HELEN BASS.

